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smellfungus

noun
/ˈsmɛlˌfʌŋɡəs/

Etymology

From Smelfungus, name of a hypercritical traveller in A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, a satirical characterization of Tobias Smollett and his Travels Through France and Italy (1766). Apparently from smell + fungus.

  1. borrowed from fungus
  2. compounded as smellfungus — “smell + fungus”

Definitions

  1. A faultfinder, complainer, grumbler.

    • Nor is she a smellfungus searching for weeds where roses grow, or setting down everything a wilderness from Braga to Barcelona.

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